HP Pavilion will not boot

Q:HP Pavilion will not boot

My computer will not boot. The power supply light in the back turns on. Fans turn on. CD-ROM functions. No USB power and no LED light on the front. It does not come on at all when the computer turns on. When I turn on the power, I hear nothing but the fans, the screen is blank and keyboard and mouse have no lights. I have tested the monitor, keyboard and mouse and they are functioning. I think it could be the BIOS or either a motherboard problem. I need some help to narrow down the problem.

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HP Pavilion will not boot

I recommend downloading and running Reimage. It's a computer repair tool that has been proven to identify and fix many Windows problems with a high level of success.

mssmooth173 Hello;Allow me to welcome you to the HP forums!I read your post about your desktop PC no longer starting and wanted to help. While this probably covers stuff you've already tried, there may be some additional troubleshooting steps you can try: HP Desktop PCs - Computer Does Not Start (Windows 10,8) | HP® Customer SupportGood LuckI am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor do I represent, HP.========================================================================If you feel my suggestions helped you, please click the Thumbs-Up symbol to say thanks!If they helped resolve your issue, please click "Accept As Solution" to help others find similar information.

1) Computer will not shut down by holding in power button. It must be "unplugged from outlet."

2) When power cord plugged in the light sequence on the tower reads, from left to right, yellow, green.

3) A Thumping sound comes from speakers, not the typical Bios Beeps.

4) Monitor is blank, yellow light indicator on.

5) Cannot open CD Drive, even manually.

This computer belongs to a friend of mine whose daughter uses it for High School work. She was working on it one day, received an error message, no, no, writing it down would be to easy , so she shut down using start-shutdown, and left for school. When she came back and resumed her work she was met with the above scenario.

Any ideas as to the most expeditious way to get to root of issue.

A:HP Pavilion will not boot up, no access to CD Drive, Using diskette failed to boot.

Hello, I have 2 notebooks. HP Pavilion DV6-3060EZ which i used and old HP Compaq nx5000. Both have same problem. They won't boot up, but I will talk just about DV6. My battery died and I can't start notebook just with ac adapter. So yesterday I bought new battery. And there is same problem. When I press power button (with only battery plugged in, only ac-adapter, or both), led diods starts blinking, fan starts cooling and within 1 second it will shut down. I've read some articles on forum, i tried almost everything. I tried to disconnect ac adapter, battery, than 30 seconds hold power button and connect it back but it didn't work too. But, three-times happens, that when I tried to turn it on, it worked well, I was at Windows on my desktop. But after 5 minutes it shuts down. Thanks for any advice,czDAWID

I have a HP Pavilion G6 model 1b78nr. I just replaced the CMOS battery but now the machine won't boot. When the power button is pushed, it's LED flashes white and the LED on the F2 key flashes amber until the battery is removed. The power button has no effect and there is no display. Is there a fix for this? Appreciate any assistance. Thanks.

Hi, my PC HP Pavilion Slimline S3620la does not boot from usb. I can not choose the USB option in the setup (does not appear). The USB device does not appears in the boot option post bios (pressing ESC) too. I need boot from USB. Please Help me Thanks

A:hp pavilion boot usb

1. Check if the USB device is really bootable, you can do that by checking the files on the root location or by trying to boot another computer using it.2. Start the computer and press 'esc' key to get into bios, then choose Boot Options or Boot Menu, then choose the USB device (Few BIOS have an option to enable/disable Legacy boot options, hence you have to enable it before you could change the boot sequence.Please note that the USB device needs to be on top of boot device list.

Hi I have a HP Pavilion laptop with AMD processor and Windows Vista. I want to reinstall Windows Vista but I can not get it to boot from CD. I went to the BIOS and changed the order so that the CD-ROM drive boots first, but it still didnt work. I upgraded the BIOS but it still didnt work. Any ideas? I want to format the hard disk and reinstall a clean Windows Vista copy. My laptop does not have a floppy. The CD ROM does work!

I need to reinstall Windows XP on my laptop. I have an external DVD and the recovery Disk. I already changed the boot order to boot from CD. But I am still unable to boot from CD. The external is working fine and the CD is O.K

A:HP Pavilion does not boot from CD

Hi OssitaIf the boot order is set to optical drive first, the laptop looks at its internal optical drive. Since it seems like the internal optical drive is not usable(?) then you need to set the boot order to USB or external device ahead of the hard drive.

Recently, the computer was having trouble after using sleep mode. It would sleep, then turn off completely, but the power switch would not turn the computer on, I would have to unplug, re-plug to start it up again.

Three days ago, the above happened, but unplug-replug would not help. Now the computer will not turn on. No beeps, no fans, no lights.

When plugged in, there is a green light on the power supply ( kind of flickers when first plugged in ) and there is a green led lit up on the motherboard. All peripherals are disconnected, including mouse, keyboard and monitor.

Just looking to possibly buy a HP Pavilion 17-ab200na. It comes with an M.2 SSD but doesn't give any technical details about it on the web advert. Does the M.2 connect via SATA, USB or PCIe? Does it support NVMe and most importantly is it set up as the boot drive? Thanks

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A:Can new Pavilion boot from the M.2 SSD

Hi, From the following link http://www8.hp.com/ie/en/products/laptops/product-detail.html?oid=13810159#!tab=models It has dual storage already: (a) 128GB SSD for Windows, system and application programes ant Windows will boot from there(b) 1TB HDD for normal/user storage such as videos, musics, documents .. Regards.

I can't boot from usb in my hp pavilion g6 . I disabled the secure boot and tried with the legacy mode . I tried to change the boot order but It just boot windows 8 . Please help me. I want to install ubuntu in dualboot with windows 8. Thanks

A:Can't boot from usb hp pavilion g6

Please-if you haven't done so make your Recovery Media before attempting this. Creating Recovery Media>> Windows 8 With Secure Boot disabled/Legacy enabled you still have to change boot selection at power on. Immediately after powering on the laptop- tap Esc key. From the menu tap F9 Boot options to select the usb.

I have the following problem with my HP Pavilion m7570n. When I turn the system on if gives the following message: File is missing or corrupt\windows\system32\config\system. Is there any way to fix this problem without using the HP restore from the partition? If I do have to do the restore from the partition, will I lose the photographs and emails on the computer? Thanks for any assistance?

A:HP Pavilion won't boot

Try this first -

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545

If that does not work then do a repair XP install (not the HP restore)

I am pretty sure the HP restore partition will wipe everything out and put it back to factory fresh.

Laptop won't boot. Turns on to a blank screen and I get a blink code of 2 blinks on the caps lock. I have tried everything on the support site and it won't let me email supoort about it which is what the site says to do about this problem. i can't access the bios menu or anything.

My HP won't boot properly. I have checked the harddisk and done a new windows installation on the HDD. So the HDD and windows are ok.

When I try to boot the PC it dies and starts over again. I can choose safe mode etc and go into the recovery console but still no success.

What can be the problem? Motherboard? RAM memories??

Is there a way to check for errors on the motherboard or RAM from the recovery console?

/Anders

A:HP pavilion with XP won't boot

Welcome to TSF....

How to perform a Repair Installation of Windows? XP.

Two things are needed here, just a bit of old technology, an ink pen and a piece of paper to write down any special settings that might have to be changed back after the repair-installation is completed.

Please Note: Performing a "Repair Installation" in this manner should not delete any Personal Files, it should 'repair' the core of the installation but to be safe with your data you should follow the next two paragraphs.

You might have to remove the hard drive from this computer and install it in another computer as a slave drive and after it is able to be accessed by Windows on that computer you will have to manually backup all of your important data that you have to another media like CD-R's, DVD or external hard drive. Then when this is done return it to the original computer as a master drive on the primary IDE cable. and do the following:

REGISTRY WARNING :

The details that follow require an above-average understanding of the technical topics involved. If you do not understand the Registry material presented here, either find a technically knowledgeable friend or do not attempt to repair your system Registry yourself. Improper changes in the System Registry can render all data on your hard disk inaccessible. :

Here is a link to a registry backup program that is absolutely fantastic it is called ERUNT and you would use this to backup the registry after running the r... Read more

My problem started when someone used my wireless mouse on their laptop and when I went to use my computer my mouse would not work so I rebooted my computer and it came up with a quick message that there was a keyboard error then went blank. I tried again after unplugging pc and trying again and it said Preparing Automatic Repair, then got message Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. At the bottom of that message it says if contacting support mention Stop Code: FAT_File_System, then it restarts and the same thing happens but this time at the bottom it says when calling support mention Stop Code: NTSF_File System., then it goes blank.

I have a Pavilion DV 6700 that I am attempting to repair. The issue is when its powered on it goes straigh to "Press F1 to rsume, F10 to Setup. F1 does nothing, F10 doenst do much either. When I enter the BIOS to perform a HDD self check, it says the self test is disabled. When you first power the laptop on, the HDD light does come on for short time. I have tried resetting the BIOS, booting with a Vista disk (I believe this is the OS installed, however not 100% sure). When I boot with a Vista disk, recovery find no HDD. I tried with an XP disk, and got the same result. This is a SATA drive, however the connecters seem to be more vertical and not horizontal, meaning I cant plug the drive into one of my drive caddies to test the drive that way, or even to recover some data, if the drive is truly bad (or just the master boot sector).

I have read that the BIOS on this particular machine may not provide the self test and that the BIOS would need to be flashed, however I am not sure how to do this with the Windows EXE that HP provided, if I cant get it to boot

Has anyone seen anything like this before...? I have some a lot of HDD issues, but not one like this, at least not with this kind of SATA connection that isnt your "general" SATA connection.

Hi I have an pavilion P6-2302eam i3it wont start upIt will switch on and display the HP logo on the monitor and then does nothing elsethe keyboard and mouse are not working, no lights or anything on either so cant get into the bios or press escape ectIf i remove the memory and power it, it will bleep a few times so im guessing the POST is starting to do somethingany ideas on what the problem is ? it looks like its starting up but getting stick somewhere,i have removed all the drives, readers ect but it still gets stuck what is the startup process, does it do some sort of POST before the BIOS starts thanks

My new notebook HP Pavilion g6-2257sr don't let me to boot from USB device. When notebook's booting, I pressed ESC and F10. Then I set up UFEI boot order - USB-device / DVD / OS selector. I use official Windows 7 disk, and several own USB devices with bootable images. But rebboting use hard drive's OS all the same. Please help. I want to delete current OS from my notebbok.

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A:Can't boot from USB or DVD. HP Pavilion g6-2257sr

Hi: I would make a set of recovery disks first before proceeding. To boot the PC you need to go into the BIOS and enable legacy mode. Then you should be able to boot from another device.

Hey I'm Trying to figure out if there's a fix for A HP Pavilion Dv4, not booting up at all.. I fear the motherboard is gone, for the only response I get is when I press the power button and hold it in, you see the chagre "Lightning bolt" flash, BUT as soon as I let go of the power button, the light goes out.. Thats the only sign of life, But again I have to hold in the power button to even get that.. Any Suggestions? THX!!

My problem concerns:-HP Pavillion X2 detachable PC10System ID 815DProduct ID 1234567#ABAProduct number MS69EA#ABUSerial (removed content) I downloaded Advanced SystemCare 9 PRO from IObit after it loaded and called for a restart, my conpouter has never worked again. It came up with error code 0xc0000001 operating system has failed to start.I bought the HP recovery media P/N828684-031 09/21/16 Release 1I followed the instructions but it comes up with a box titled "Recovery Manager" a yellow triange and message OXFFEEO18, when I pressed OK it goes to a white line on the side of a black screen or some times it goes to recovering drive C, it gets to 100% then goes back to the original error code.I have run the HP PC Hardware Diagnostic UEFI and it tests as OK.Any help would be appreciated

I have an HP Pavilion 743c when I push the power button all it does is a long beep and a short pause and then long beep over and over what could be the cause of this? I need to get this computer running for my son how can I fix this

I have a bootable USB stick that I want to use to install Linux. The does not appear to be an option to boot from USB in BIOS. My unit has BIOS 5.43. Is therer a way to get the unit to boot from a USB stick?

WILL NOT BOOT UP. CAP LOCK LITE FLAHSED ONCE( A SIGN OF HARD DRIVE FAILURE. HAVE TRIED HARD RESET, PULLED HARD DRIVE OUT AND RECONNECTED. WONDERING IF THE DVD RECOVERY SET WILL ALLOW ME TO BOOT FROM THE DISK DRIVE AND ATTEMPT TO RECOVER DATA AND PROGRAMS FROM THE HARD DRIVE.

A:HP PAVILION VD7-4177NR WILL NOT BOOT UP

Hi, If the LED blinks one time, then its a CPU failure. Please check the below link for more information. http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Pavilion-dv7-Entertainment-Notebook-PC-series/4247665/model/5...

Hi,I have ongoing issues with my HP Pavilion Notebook - 15-P287SA, Windows 10. Yesterday it would not boot, instead it flashed the caps-lock LED at me once which I beleive is a CPU issue. I did a hard reset on it (took the battery out ect.) and it booted and worked normally all day. This moring it again won't boot again but this time it beeps twice, waits a few seconds and then beeps twice again, five tinmes in total, and then it flashes the caps-lock LED twice, waits, and then twice again. It won't boot at all, even after a hard reset. What does the beeping mean, what is the problem here?

My laptop will not boot. Screen stays blank. All lights are on. Num lock and CAP-lock blink twice. I have removed the battery, memory, HD and all accessorys. same error.

A:HP Pavilion dv7-3067nr will not boot

Hi! If the caps lock is blinking twice it mean the bios is corrupted You can try to rollback the bios, press and hold the windows key then press hold tas well the letter B, while holding those keys power up the pc If nothing happens, try to power on again but immidiately tap ESC repeatedly , startup menu will appear on the screen. If you dont have the start up menu, try to power on again then immidiately tap F2 or F10 In F2 there's an option BIOS management, choose the option ROLLBACK IN F10, set the bios into defaults by pressing f9 , then f10 again to save the changes and reboot the system. Thanks! Otilol

Hello guys, My mom has PC notebook HP Pavilion dm1-4302ep which was running Windows 8 (64-bit), she gave it little use, actually it has been a few months since it was turned on. But since my computer is having his last breath, i decided to start using my mom's computer, and bring up to date installing Windows 10 Home. I went to Microsoft web page, did the download, choosed to erase everything, and left it running during the night. When i woke up the computer was stuck in the first page, with de HP blue logo in the back and won't move. I tried the safe mode, I tried to upgrade the bios (but i can't create the drive on the USB key), i tried to run the system's recovery, i tried to go back in the updates, back everything ends up in that black screen with the HP logo in the back. Can anyone help me please?

After several months of inactivity, the HP Pavilion x360 notebook won't boot up. When turning on, all I get is a blue screen. If I hit a funtion key, I'll get a brief description of the key in the lower left hand side of the screen which remains there but nothing else happens. Can anyone suggest a solution to this problem. The laptop is virtually brand new.

I Am working on my daughter's desktop, it has a real problem. After updating spybot s&d and ad-aware it has completely gone bad. I can not even get it it to boot in the safe mode. any suggestion how we can get this thing to work?Thanks again for any help you can giv me.Vicks

I have recently tried to start up my Pavilion g6, only to find that it won't turn on. I haven't touched it in years, so I'm not sure if something may have happened to it. My sister tried to turn it on first, only to be met with a message stating something along the lines of "software error" and it no longer functions. I've tried to hard reset it multiple times, with no results. When I plug the charger in, the LED by it turns white, then I press the power button and that LED turns on, but the one by the charger turns orange, and the screen never turns on. I would really appreciate any help, as I would like to resolve this problem by myself and save some money by not having to bring it anywhere. Thanks in advance for any advice.

Hi I replaced battery I put. In new charger. It will show its in charging when I take battery out with it in it will turn on for2 second help

A:Help my pavilion 15rp03030wmn will not boot up

Unfortunately, as it's a laptop, there isn't much that you will be able to do with it. It sounds like a power circuit or motherboard fault. If it's under warranty, have it repaired/replaced. Otherwise, it's very likely more cost effective to simply replace it.

i am working on a hp pavilion xt933 and it powers up but it won't boot up. no post, no beeps, i don't think the hard drive is spinning, the screen is black, i have checked the cords, cables, power supplies, etc....any suggestions? someone told me it may be the motherboard and i don't have too much experience in that...so anything would be helpful!!

A:hp pavilion xt933 no boot

i would suggest u take out all cards and all hd/cdrom devices except for the cpu, memory and video card

I'm trying to get to the welcome screen to enter my password to actually use my computer.However it's stuck on the loading screen. I've tried everything online, hard reset, restore, and diagnostic testing. I cannot restore because my computer isn't connected to the Internet to create a restore point.The diagnostics say everything passed. Everything. I ran testsome on the Hard Drive for 3 days straight. So if the diagnostics can't find anything I don't know why it won't load.Btw this happened out of the blue while watching Netflix on my laptop while HDMI connected to a TV.I know about the system resetc but I'm trying to think of a way to still backup my files before deleting themy. Any advice on how to save my pc?

I need instructions about how to get the computer to boot from a CD/DVD, so I can test a Backup Recover DVD that I just created. I use Esc and the function-key to reach the Startup Boot Menu, but which option will allow boot from DVD?Error messages, if any: NONEAny changes made to your system before the issue occurred: NONE

A:HP Pavilion 510-a010 How do I boot from a DVD?(I want to ...

Hi: Please read this general guide for how to boot from a DVD on all desktop PC's that come with Windows 8 or newer... http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03659945/

Hello! So, when I boot up my computer, it won't display anything. Instead, it makes a whirring fan sound that gradually gets more intense (though, strangely enough, when not hooked up to the monitor the whirring stays at a consistent volume). I removed the cover and turned it on and both fans (the one over the heat sink and the one that blows out the back) are both spinning. I recently had someone clean the dust out of it and he removed the fan from the heatsink, but when he was putting it back on the screws on all four corners wouldn't fit in at the same time, so only two are screwed in. Could that be something...? And the light for the power button doesn't light up either...Any help is appreciated!

I've been running an HP Pavilion 9680c w/ Win98 SE. Everything was working fine until a few days ago...Now when I turn on the computer the following happens....

1. The Blue 'HP' Welcome screen appears2. The Bios Boot-up Screen Appears, letting me know that my hard-drive, dvd drive, cd-rw drives (i.e. primary master, secondary master, secondary slave) have been detected. During this time, my hard-drive and disc drives all light up and are turning.3. The bootup process stops there. WHere it should say something like 'Starting Up Windows', there is nothing. Instead the bootup process seems to just stand still.

I am able to enter the BIOS setup screen during bootup by pressing F1. I've tried replacing the hard-drive but this did not solve the problem. I also tried using recovery disks, the Windows 98 OS setup disk, and a Norton Utilities' Recovery disk, all of which have not had any effect. I was wondering if there is anything else (motherboard jumpers, etc.) that somebody thinks might work.

Thanks!

A:HP Pavilion 9680c Won't Boot...

Hiya and welcome

Lets see if this will help

Open up the PC (when its turned off), and remove and put back in the CMOS battery. This is what it looks like:

I'm trying to boot my computer from a DVD, but I can't get to the boot menu or anything. The computer displays the HP logo and a message on the bottom saying to press ESC for startup menu. I try that, and nothing works. When the computer turns on, it has Windows 10 trying to recover itself, but this just leads to a blank screen. I also tried to press F10, but that didn't work either. What can I do to boot to the CD/DVD drive instead?

Mr Bruce 1959 has suggested I re-post my problem here so here goes: A few weeks ago I started to download DVDShrink from what looked like a perfectly legitimate company site. After I clicked to download the program it began instead to install itself. At the same time all kinds of alarms went off - Comodo, Malwarebytes, etc. - and I quickly shut down. After booting up I ran a quick Mbam scan and it found 32 infected files which I deleted. I then ran a full Mbam scan and it found a bunch more. Later I also ran full Mbam and Avast scans but this time around neither came up with anything. For a few days everything ran OK but then Firefox began to freeze up whenever I brought up a web page with a Youtube video on it. Then other things started to freeze - Task Manager, etc. - and now it's reached the stage that the computer won't boot. The computer won't even start in Safe Mode. At best it just brings up my mouse pointer (which works) and the Windows Welcome screen but nothing more. Different Windows messages have appeared at times one of which said something to the effect that Windows was stopping to prevent further damage. There is a separate RECOVERY partition on the D drive for restoring the computer to factory settings but I can't access it.

Pressing the F keys on startup bring up the following screens while pressing the ESC key on startup brings up a menu listing all five of thes... Read more

A:Win 7 HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook won't boot

I'll report this topic to appropriate helpers.1. Please let us know what Windows version you have and if it's 32- or 64-bit.2. Is the computer bootable in any mode?Hold on there....

I have an HP Pavilion dv6700 Notebook that will not boot. It was left unplugged for several months because I don't use it very much. I am getting ready for a vacation and usually take it along but when I plugged it in to update the OS it started downloading and installing updates then shut down and now goes into a loop. Tries to boot, gets as far as loading the desktop then black screen and then starts reboot again.

It has the original bios version F.34. everything there looks good. Ran HD self test from bios then memory test. Everything checks out ok. Factory OS was Vista but is now running 7 Ultimate 64bit.

If I try to boot in safe mode with networking I get a BSOD. Safe mode will boot. Safe mode with command prompt will boot.

Any suggestions?

A:HP Pavilion DV6700 will not boot.

If you are able to see the Safe Mode options you are in the Advanced Boot Options. One of the options there is Repair Your Computer. Run this and see if it can resolve this issue.

My laptop will not boot up. I have call customer service and went through test after test with no problems found. Is anyone else having this same problem? I would appreciate any ideas.

A:My hp pavilion dv5 1235dx will not boot up

What do you mean by not booting up....Do you get anything displayed on the screen? Do you get flashing lights on the notebook and nothing? Any specific errors? With this information we will be able to assist you better